Prince Edward County Seeks Private Schools to Integrate
The Prince Edward Educational Corp formed in 1955 plans private school options for integration using church or vacant buildings. It reports over 12 000 dollars in cash with pledges exceeding 200 000 pledged but not paid, while 8 569 white students attend seven white schools and 13 Negro schools serve 6 527 students.
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Prince Edweeperse
Prince Edward Educational Corp
Blanton Hanpers
Hanbury
Prince Edward County
Sun Brightens 2 Percent Says Lowell Astronomers
Lowell Observatory researchers report the sun has brightened about 2 percent over five years. They caution cycles may cause fluctuations, with six more years of study for a firm conclusion. No danger to Earth is seen, though a future doubling in 50 years is discussed cautiously. Floods have killed 2,430 people in the U S over the past 30 years.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Lowell Observatory
Frarold Johnson
Johnson
United States
Southwest Virginia quake marks first sizable tremor in years
Richmond AP reports a tremor on April 23 in Giles County was among the strongest in years. Dr. Byron Cooper of Virginia Tech says it was eight seconds apart from another tremor, with minor damage and window rattling felt across the mountainous southwest. Local observer Plummer Jones notes rare quakes in 55 years of reporting.
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Richmond
Virginia
Giles County
Roanoke
Byron Cooper
Virginia Tech
Giles
Plummer Jones
New Canton
Buckingham County
Weather Bureau
Jones
Cooper
Arvonia
Buckingham
Baltimore
Greensboro
Eastland Denies Promise to Bar Dalton Judge Post
In Richmond, Senator James Eastland denied promising to block Republican Ted Dalton from a federal judgeship. He said he did not know Dalton was being considered and that Virginia senators Byrd and Robertson had not mentioned Dalton to him. A Washington columnist had claimed Eastland told Byrd he would oppose Dalton.
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Richmond
James Eastland
D-Miss
Ted Dalton
Virginia
Senate Judiciary Committee
Richmond News
Dalton
Byrd
Robertson
Washington
Eastland
U S to Launch Live Animal Into Space
The Army plans a live animal launch within 60 days from a Jupiter nose cone, likely an ape then a monkey, as part of the push to reach manned space. Medaris notes confidence in an instrumented satellite and awaits further data from Russia.
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Miami Beach
Fla
United States
Medaris
Hosiery Group Reelects Raymon R Rice
The National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers re elected Raymon R Rice of Pulaski Virginia to the board. Rice represents Maiden Hosiery Mills. The group's officers were all reelected at the annual meeting in Atlantic City.
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Tlantic
National
Assa. of
Raymon R. Rice
Pulaski
Rice
Vir Maid Hosiery Mills Inki
Eee
Darden to Deliver Fourth UVa Commencement Address
Colgate W. Darden Jr. will give his fourth UVa commencement address at graduation exercises on June 15. The outgoing university president has previously delivered two commencement addresses at UVa and one here as governor. He will speak on the link between university education and the commonwealth, the same topic as his 1947 inaugural address. Darden will be succeeded later this summer by Dr. Edgar F. Shannon Jr. and plans to return to Norfolk after retirement.
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Charlottesville, Va
Colgate W
Dolleation
Commonwealth
Edgar F. Shannon Jr
Darden
Norfolk
Farouk Becomes Citizen of Monaco
Ex King Farouk of Egypt was granted citizenship of Monaco by Prince Rainer III. The former monarch is listed as His Royal Highness Prince Fouad Farouk and will enjoy Monaco’s tax free status as part of the small principality.
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Monte Carlo
Monaco
Farouk
Egypt
Rainer III
Little Riviera
Fouad Farouk
Garment Union and Industry Strike New Benefits Pact
The International Ladies Garment Workers Union and the garment industry reached a new contract covering 50,000 workers. Effective June 1 a employer financed severance pay fund holiday and overtime pay for piece workers and a continuance of an escalator clause tied to the cost of living are included. Union President David Dubinsky said wages were not raised since last year’s increase.
Yugoslavia Imposes Higher Duties on Gifts From Abroad
Belgrade AP says Yugoslavia levies stiff duties on gifts from abroad except money orders and staples like meat cheese butter flour and edible oils. Government claims no shortage of consumer goods and notes gift parcels were sold in the black market. Previously each citizen could receive gifts valued at 66 dollars quarterly with duty.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Iraqi Reds Claim U.S. Missions Arm Kurds Near Borders
Iraqi Communist Party claims U.S. Point Four missions in Iran and Turkey supply Kurds with machine guns and grenades for attacks on posts near the Iran Turkey border as Baghdad radio warns of foreign infiltrators and rebel activity.
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U.S
Baghdad
Iraq
Iran
Turkey
Abdel Karim Kasseri
Itti
Had al Shaab
Baghdad Radio
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